Cooking stove



Feb- 8) 1938 w. D. ANTRIM ET AL v 2,107,972

COOKING STOVE Filed Aug. 29, 193e 2 sheets-sheet 1 Feb. 8, 1938.

W. D. ANTRIM ET AL COOKING STOVE Filed Aug. 29, 1956 2 sheQh-sheet 2 v:il

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Patented Feb. s, 1938 cooKnvG s'rovE William D. Antrim, Glou W. Schlemmer, Phi Roberts & Mander phia, Pa.,

Application August 29,

4 Claims.

' This invention relates to new and useful im- Cil provements in r ticularlyto domesti of the gaseous fuel In accordance the design of dom such devices are cased within a c metal panelling the are enamelled and with suitable designs to pearance. which will har scheme, fittings and kitchen or kitchenette. vent of stoves of this design and type, considerable diiculty. has been for ready access to immediately below the pose of cleaning and ad defeating the purpose ing andits primary obj ing the parts thereof t ternal appearance.

With the foregoin ject of the pr dome acter set forth whic burner at will for anges an d stovesl and more parc cooking ranges and stoves type.

with the present day'trend in estic cooking stoves and ranges, for the most part entirely enabinet-like structure of sheet nal surfaces of which me instances provided provide a pleasing apmonize with the color ishings of the domestic However, since the adexter in so furn the

justing the same without of the cabinet-like casect of completely concealo produce a pleasing exgin mind, the principal obesent invention is to provide a stic cooking stove or range of the char-.

h is novelly constructed and ged to permit ready access to the top purposes of cleaning and ad- Justing the gas burners located therein without detracting from the stove or range.

Another object of ove` or range of the state novelly constructed external appearance of such the invention is to provide a d character which is and arranged -to direct the hot combustion gases -fromthe oven.thereof forwardly over the cookin wardly from the wall in and cated.

The invention co construction and ar'ran invention showing lg top of the stove andeutof the kitchen or other room against which such lstove may be lonsists further in `the novel gement of parts described own in= the accompanying ntary view in perspective of ade in accordance with this` the cooking top plate and cover in raised -position.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view in perspective of the stove or range showin and its cover in clos Fig. 3 is a view si the stove or range member in .raised or g the cooking top plate ed or down position. milar to Fig. 2 but showing with the cooking top cover open position.

. burner chamber cester, N. J., and Alfred 1936, Serial N0. 98,580

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view in secon vertically through the disclosure in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view in elevation illustratingv the means for maintaining the cooking top plate in raised or open position; and

Fig. 6 is also a fragmentary view in elevation showing means for supporting the cover member in raised or open position with respect to the cooking top plate of the stove.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, reference numeral I designates generally a cooking stove or range of the enclosed cabinet type made in accordance with the present invention and comprising an oven 2 and a top 3 in which several burners 4 `15 are located below the usual cooking top plate 5. 'Ihe cooking top 5 is provided with a plurality of downwardly offset openings 6 therein suitably located tol register with the several burners- 4 and these openings 6 are surrounded by outwardly inclining annular portions 'I whichext'end upwardly to the plane of said cooking top plate 5 to form saucer-like recesses the diame'terl of the outer peripheries of each of which approximates the diarne cooking pot or vessel of average size. Each of the openings 6 has a grate, as illustrated. From the foregoing,` it will be observed that access to the top burners 4 in the chamber 3 is extremely diiiicult if not impossible in instances where, as 30 in cooking stoves or ranges now on the market, the cooking top plate is fixedly secured in position overlying said burner chamber 3 and the burners 4 therein.

The particular feature of th tion resides in hingedly moun top plate 5 so that the same may be lifted as shown in Fig; 1 to permit ready and easy access to the chamber 3 and top burners 4 at will. As best illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings, 40 the cooking top plate includes a splash guard or i plate 8 which is secured at the rear end or edge of said top plate 5 by means of bolts, rivets, Welding or the like 9, and a pair of brackets I0 having depending lug portions II are secured to the cooking top plate at or adjacent opposite ends of the rear or back edge thereof in any suitable manner as for example by the aforementioned means 9. The depending lugs II are pivotally connected by any suitable means such as bolts, pins or the like I2 to suitably positioned rearwardly projecting brackets I3 secured at the back or rear of the stove body adjacent the opposite side edges thereof near the upper end of said body portion and these brackets I3 have lat- 55 ter of the base of a 25 Cil for engagement by the lugs il to limit movementy of the cooking top plate 5.

For the purpose of locking the cooking top plate I 5 in closed or clown position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, a latch or the like i5 is mounted at opposite sides of the stove or range adjacent the forward upper edge of the body portion thereof and comprises laterally extending hook portions iii at their upper ends arranged to engage over the inwardly turned edge flange i1 of the top plate 5. The latch members i5 also include actuating hand portions i8 which project laterally outward through slots i9 in the side walls of the body of the stove or range, and operation of said latches i5 is effectively controlled by means of springs (not shown) arranged so that upon closure of the cookingv top plate 5 the hook portions i6 thereof automatically engage over the flange l1 to lock said top plate in that position, said hooks l of the latches i5 being released from engagement with the flange l1 to unlock the top plate by merely pressing inwardly upon the projecting hand portions I8 thereof against the action of the springs. A rod or-bar 2li is pivotally connected to theunder side of the top plate 5 as at 2l and is arranged to swing freely so that when said top plate 5 is raised to the position shown in Fig. 1 the bar or rod 20 will assume a substantially upright position with its lower end resting' upon the upper surface of the bottom or wall flange 22 of the burner chamber 3 to support the top plate 5 in raised position in the manner shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

As shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, a flue box 23 is mounted at the rear of the stove or range l to receive the hot combustion gases from the oven 2 through a communicating opening 2l in the rear wall of the latter and conduct or direct such gases upwardly and discharge the same through a suitable opening or openings 25 formed in the cooking top plate 5 forwardly of the splash plate 8. 'I'he opening or openings 25 in the cooking top plate 5 are arranged so as to accurately register with the upper end opening or outlet 26 of thefiue box 23 when said top-plate 5 is in closed or down position, said flue box 23 extending upwardly to the under surfaceof the top plate 5 when the latter is closed to insure passage of substantially .all of the throughsaid opening or openings 25 therein.

For the purpose of deectingyor directing the gases rising upwardly through the flue 23 and the opening or openings 25 in the top plate 5 so that the same will be discharged forwardly over the top of the stove or range, a hood or housing 21 having a number of suitably arranged for` 28 therein is secured by wardly facing openings any suitable" means to said top plate 5 or splash guard 8 and disposed at the rear of the former immediately forward of and along the latter as shown 'in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 of the drawings. -The hood or housing 21 in the tends substantially to the side edges of the cooking top plate 5 and splash guard 8 and a cover member 29 for said top plate-5 is pivotally connected to opposite ends of said housing 21 by which means of rearwardly-extending brackets 30 are secured toopposite side edges of said cover 29 in any suitable manner. Thus it will be observed that the cover 29 may be pivoted or swung in a vertical arc relative to the cooking top plate 5 for' the purpose of supporting said cover in raised or open positionwith respect to said top plate 5 an arcuate y elevated position combustion gases burner chamber, a

present instance exelement or guide 3i is secured to the former at one side thereof and extends freely through a slotor opening 32 in the top plate 5 for movement relative to the latter with the cover 29, the

lower end of said arcuate member 3i being -extend orproject rearwardly of said cover 2d so that sumcient clearance is afforded between said housing and the adjacent edge of the cover 29 for free movement of the latter in such manner that the openings 2B in the housing 21 will not be obstructed by said cover when in either closed or raised open position as best illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings.

From the foregoing description o f the present invention it will be seen that the novel construction and arrangement of parts provides a domestic cooking range or stove of the enclosed or cabinet itype wherein the cooking top burners are readily and easily accessible for purposes of cleaning and adjustment and while a certain specific embodiment of said invention has been disclosed herein for descriptive purposes, it is not intended that the invention shall be limited thereto, but that modifications and changes in construction and arrangement may be incorporated therein within the scopeof the anneied claims.

We claim:

i. In a stove having an oven and a cooking top burner chamber, a hinged cooking top plate having an opening suitably located therein, said cooking top plate normally overlying and enclosing the burner chamber and adjustable to an foraccess to said burner chamber and a ue communicating with the oven and extending to the under side of the cooking top plate when in said normal position with the outlet opening of said flue registering with the opening in said cooking top plate.

2. In a stove having an oven and a cooking top burner chamber, a hinged cooking top plate normally overlying and enclosing the burner chamber and adjustable to an elevated position for access to said vburner chamber, said cooking top plate including a rear splash guard and having an opening therein forwardly of said splash guard, and a ue at the rear of the stove communicating with the oven and extending to the under side of the cooking top plate when in said normal position with the outlet opening of said 3. In a stove having an oven and a cooking top ber 'and adjustable to an elevated position for access to said burner chamber, said cooking top plate including a rear splash gu'ard and havingv -an opening therein hinged cooking top plate normally overlying and enclosing the burner chamburner chamber. a hinged cooking top plate normally overlying and enclosing the burner chamnd adjustable to an elevated position for access to said burner chamber, said cooking top plate including a rear splash guard and having an and unobstructed in both terminal ed forwardly adjacent the splash guard and overlying the opening in the cooking top plate, and a cover member arranged to normally overlie the cover. 

